Published>Tue, Nov 16 10 03:38 AM
The CBI today arrested T S Darbari and Sanjay Mohindroo, former officials of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee and close aides of chairman Suresh Kalmadi, on charges of forgery and cheating relating to the Queen's Baton Relay (QBR) in London last year.
The agency registered two cases involving UK-based AM Films and AM Cars and Van Hire and Ashish Patel, owner of these two companies.
Charges relating to forgery, cheating, criminal conspiracy under IPC sections and Prevention of Corruption Act have been listed in the two FIRs against them. It is alleged that Darbari and Mohindroo forged emails of the Indian High Commission and prepared fake quotations to benefit Patel's companies.
In February this year, The Indian Express first reported that Darbari, Joint Director General of the OC, had come under the scanner for his alleged involvement in evading customs duty after a courier was arrested from Kochi airport with a diamond ring worth Rs 28 lakh meant for him.
OC Director Raj Singh has also been booked in the AM Cars case. Sources said the CBI is likely to send a Letter Rogatory to London soon, seeking help in investigating Patel and his companies in the case.
Earlier in the day, the CBI searched four places, including the residences of Darbari and Mohindroo and the OC office and seized several documents.
A CBI official claimed the OC suffered a loss of approximately Rs 3.5 crore in awarding contract to AM Films and AM Cars for the QBR because these officials allegedly inflated prices.
Mohindroo left even before allegations of corruption surfaced and Darbari was removed later. They will both be produced in the Patiala House courts on Tuesday.
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